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      09-15-2010, 03:13 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Memphis1 View Post
Replicas... If they're 40 all around they will stick out too much in the front and/or rub.
Memphis,

I plugged some numbers into the Tire Rack Table (see below) according to the results it should be okay? Or am I missing something. The add is saying BMW ///M wheels 18 inch 40 offset and 72.6 hub. My plans would be to use them for winter tires.

Here are 2 of the pictures

Here is a photo of my M3 Wheel (sold this year) guess it is hard to tell if the wheel is an OEM or Reproduction

This is a 19 Inch OEM wheel on my 2002 M3 sold this past spring

Here is the data I plugged into the table from Tire Track (did I screw up?)

FRONT WHEEL AND TIRE SET UP (COMPARING STOCK TO ///M OEM WHEEL
Wheel Width inch Wheel Offset mm Tire Width Tire Aspect Ratio Wheel Dia REMARKS
8.5 35 225 35 19 <-------- The Original OEM Wheel Style 296
8 40 225 40 18 <-------- The New ///M OEM Wheel Style
Based on STOCK the new wheel will have (Speedo @ 60 MPH will read 60 MPH with this set up ----------------> 1mm MORE clearance on the strut side, and outside edge of the wheel will RETRACT 11mm
Original Tire Diameter (in) ------> 25.2 Difference in Diameter (in) --------> -0.114
New Tire Diameter (in) ----------> 25.1 Percent Difference in Diameter ----> -0.455%

REAR WHEEL AND TIRE SET UP (COMPARING STOCK TO ///M OEM WHEEL
Wheel Width inch Wheel Offset mm Tire Width Tire Aspect Ratio Wheel Dia REMARKS
9 30 255 30 19 <-------- The Original OEM Wheel Style 296
8 40 225 40 18 <-------- The New ///M OEM Wheel Style
Based on STOCK the new wheel will have (Speedo @ 60 MPH will read 60 MPH with this set up ----------------> 3mm MORE clearance on the strut side, and outside edge of the wheel will RETRACT 23mm
Original Tire Diameter (in) ------> 25.02 Difference in Diameter (in) --------> 0.063
New Tire Diameter (in) ----------> 25.1 Percent Difference in Diameter ----> 0.251%
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